Configurator - Manage EDS Files

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Manage EDS Files

You can launch EDS Manager to add or delete EDS files by selecting Tools»EDS Manager.

Show EDS Files

EDS Manager shows all added EDS files. You can view them in two ways:

  1. Sorted by Manufacturer—The EDS files are sorted by manufacturer -> category -> product -> revision.
  2. Sorted by Category—The EDS files are sorted by category -> manufacturer -> product -> revision.

Add EDS Files

In EDS Manager, complete the following steps to add EDS files:

  1. Click Add an EDS file to add a single EDS file. Click Add a directory of EDS files to add all EDS files under a directory.
  2. Select the file or directory and click OK.
  3. After validating the added EDS files, a dialog shows the results.

    If the result is Succeed, EDS Manager successfully added the EDS file.

    If the result is Fail, EDS Manager rejected the EDS file. You can see the failure reason in the Comment column.

Delete EDS Files

In EDS Manager, complete the following steps to delete EDS files:

  1. Select the EDS files to delete. You can select all EDS files by clicking Select All. You can unselect all EDS files by clicking Clear All.
  2. Click Delete the selected EDS files.
Note  If you add or delete EDS files in EDS Manager, the changes do not take effect until you apply them by selecting Network»Refresh the Device List.